With Mike Lowell officially in the fold the Sox starting rotation and starting lineup is set, as well as a few roles in bullpen and one guy (Alex Cora) as a utility infielder:
Rotation:
1. Josh Beckett
2. Daisuke Matsuzaka
3. Curt Schilling
4. Jon Lester
5. Clay Buchholz
Starting lineup
1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Manny Ramirez, [...]
Two sources have confirmed the deal between the Red Sox and Mike Lowell needs only some wording. Lowell will get $37.5 million over the length of the deal, which is about $1 millon less than he made over his entire career up to this point.
The World Series MVP (joining fellow WS MVPs Josh Beckett, Curt [...]
As expected, when the N.Y. Yankees dropped out of the Mike Lowell Lottery, the Red Sox appear to be close with a three-year deal for the third baseman according to ESPN.com’s Buster Olney.
The Red Sox have not budged from their original three-year deal. The only question became money. Would the Red Sox budge from their [...]
Here are my picks for today and tomorrow:
Week 11
Sunday’s games
New England 42, BUFFALO 13 … No Lynch, no close game
GREEN BAY 31, Carolina 10 … No QB, no chance
MINNESOTA 27, Oakland 13 … I apologize for picking Raiders last week
JACKSONVILLE 27, San Diego 20 … Jags treat like Super Bowl
CINCINNATI 28, Arizona 27 … If [...]
This is going to be an interesting topic of discussion the next few days, weeks, months and even years: What do we do about Barry Bonds’ records?
If he is guilty, which I assume he is, I strongly believe there has to be an asterisk next to his name and the record set separate from the [...]
OK, we knew Terry Francona wasn’t going to win AL Manager of the Year (He finished fourth). Not with that payroll.
But let’s be honest, with no disrespect to Indians manager Eric Wedge (the winner), Francona’s best work this season was in October.
Here are 10 reasons why Francona could have won the award if not for [...]
I wouldn’t believe it if I haven’t seen it with my own eyes.
The Boston Celtics are for real. I figured good. I didn’t figure great.
I am struck most by how happy Paul Pierce is. He truly is rejuvenated. I think he will be the huge benefactor in that performances like last night (31 points, including [...]
Frankly, I’m surprised Dustin Pedroia won American League Rookie of the Year. Not that he didn’t deserve it, I just thought his low run production (50 RBI) might cost him. And the fact that the voting is before the playoffs begin (if it was after, he would have won the award unanimously) takes away probably [...]
Patriots coach Bill Belichick was one of the two hundred fans at the Brooks-Rivers football game in North Andover on Saturday.
His son Brian is a sophomore and backup quarterback at Rivers, the same school his older brother Steven (now at Rutgers) attended.
Belichick was great with the fans on hand, particularly on the Rivers side. He [...]
I wrote a story on Don Shula’s ridiculous rant about Bill Belichick, making him look like a crabby old man rather than the legendary coach he was.
It will be the Friday Eagle-Tribune. Anyway, one person I contacted for that story, but couldn’t work him in because of space restrictions, was a former linebacker from the [...]
Eagle-Tribune Executive Sports Editor Bill Burt has been synonymous with the local and Boston sports scene for the past 24 years.
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